i hope he understands that putting this off is not fair to america, particularly america's working families. it certainly isn't good for this recovering economy. it's going to hurt us as we wait. and there's just no excuse left. there is solid support among republicans across america as well as independents and can democrats to make sure we protect working families and move forward or with a responsible deficit reduction package. jenna: so that's senator durbin responding to also what congressman boehner, speaker boehner said last hour. we brought that to you live as well. there's a lot of back and forth about what's happening in congress right now, where are we with the fiscal cliff negotiations based on these two pressers, it's fair to say probably not close to a negotiation. watch it, by the way, streaming at foxnews.com live, so you can check out for that. now we have a rare opportunity for you. just coming in to us on the newsroom, we have a phoner from aleppo, syria. a friend of the show, we've talked to him before when he came back stateside is in aleppo right now, and he's going to